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Author: Mark Nichter
Edition: 1
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0816525749
Category: Medical

Global Health: Why Cultural Perceptions, Social Representations, and Biopolitics Matter

In this lesson-packed book, Mark Nichter, one of the world's leading medical anthropologists, summarizes what more than a quarter-century of health social science research has contributed to international health and elucidates what social science research can contribute to global health and the study of biopolitics in the future. Download Global Health medical books for free.
Nichter focuses on our cultural understanding of infectious and vector-borne diseases, how they are understood locally, and how various populations respond to public health interventions. The book examines the perceptions of three groups whose points of view on illness, health care, and the politics of responsibility often differ and frequently conflict: local populations living in developing countries, public health Get Global Health our bestseller medical books.

Global Health Free

The book examines the perceptions of three groups whose points of view on illness, health care, and the politics of responsibility often differ and frequently conflict: local populations living in developing countries, public health

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